“On The Smugglers’ Radar” is a feature for books that have caught our eye: books we have heard of via other bloggers, directly from publishers, and/or from our regular incursions into the Amazon jungle. Thus, the Smugglers’ Radar was born. Because we want far more books than we can possibly buy or review (what else is new?), we thought we would make the Smugglers’ Radar into a weekly feature – so YOU can tell us which books you have on your radar as well! On Ana’s Radar: First up, a new book by a favourite author, Erin Bow. It. Looks. Awesome. My name is Greta Gustafsen Stuart, and there are three things you need to know about me. The first is that I am royalty: Duchess of Halifax and Crown Princess of the Pan Polar Confederacy. The second follows from the first: I am a hostage to peace. My nation is on the brink of war, and if we tip over that brink, my life will be forfeit. The Swan Riders will come, and they will kill me. But here is the third thing to know about me: I am, as I tell myself daily, not afraid. A new YA […]
